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A fresh and fine mint example with original gum.

An attractive high value King George V stamp.

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A fresh and fine mint example with original gum. Unobtrusive crease in interpane margin as often seen, with tiny gum wrinkles and the odd shortish perforations. Regardless, still a most attractive fine quality example and very scarce.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £475.

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A fine used example with light Old Calabar River circular date stamp, in blackish violet dated "AP 9 94".

A rare stamp and particularly challenging to find in such fine condition.

The main post office of Niger Coast Protectorate was established at Old Calabar in November 1891. Initially, British postage stamps were used. In July 1892, they were overprinted with "BRITISH / PROTECTORATE / OIL / RIVERS". A pressing need for half penny values in mid-1893 resulted in a variety of surcharges on 2d and 2½​d stamps.

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A fine mint example with large part original gum. Trace of rubbing, but still a really fine example for this issue.

Very scarce and most surviving examples found are in poor condition.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £650.

The main post office of Niger Coast Protectorate was established at Old Calabar in November 1891. Initially, British postage stamps were used. In July 1892, they were overprinted with "BRITISH / PROTECTORATE / OIL / RIVERS". A pressing need for half penny values in mid-1893 resulted in a variety of surcharges on 2d and 2½​d stamps.

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A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. Characteristic traces of backing adhesion and minor wrinkles but very fine for this stamp issue.

A very rare stamp as only 468 whole stamps were surcharged.

Accompanied with a British Philatelic Association (BPA) certificate of authenticity (1971) as former SG7aa.

The main post office of Niger Coast Protectorate was established at Old Calabar in November 1891. Initially, British postage stamps were used. In July 1892, they were overprinted with "BRITISH / PROTECTORATE / OIL / RIVERS".

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A very fine set with some of the values unmounted mint and the others with most original gum. Other than one shortish perforation on the 5s stamp, an exceptional quality set.

A scarce King Edward VII set, particularly in such fine condition.

"SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £350.

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A fine and fresh mint example with original gum and rarely seen so fine.

The protectorate of Northern Nigeria was formed on 1 January 1900 from the northern part of the Niger Company Territories. Only one post office existed in this area, at Lokoja, and this continued to use stamps from Great Britain until the issue of these stamps during April 1900.

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A fine and fresh mint set with large part original gum to original gum. A couple of insignificant blemishes, mentioned for accuracy, but attractive and very scarce as multiples.

The earlier values were protected with type D12, the later 1½d and 3d with type D19.

"SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries.

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A fine quality mint example with original gum.

The first Nigerian stamps were issued on 1 June 1914 following the amalgamation of all of the British colonies in the area (Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate). These first stamps were the standard King George V Empire keytype, which was also previously used for the issues of Northern Nigeria.

This was the highest value denomination in these first stamp issues from Nigeria.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £200.

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A lovely fresh mint example with large part original gum.

The first Nigerian stamps were issued on 1 June 1914 following the amalgamation of all of the British colonies in the area (Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate). These first stamps were the standard King George V Empire keytype, which was also previously used for the issues of Northern Nigeria.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £70.

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A fine used example despite some minor marks at foot. An attractive and unusual piece of early Nigerian postal history. There are no examples of these bisect stamps known in mint condition.

A very rare stamp as only 120 were issued and looks undervalued in the catalogue relative to its extreme rarity.

In May of 1894 British overprinted stamps were replaced with new designs inscribed correctly “NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE” featuring the same portrait of Queen Victoria. These stamps were issued on unwatermarked paper. Also in 1894, there was an expanded need for ½d and 1d stamps and 1d and 2d stamps were overprinted to all bisection of the stamps.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £400.

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A very fine used example, tied to small piece by very fine 'OLD CALABAR RIVER' circular date stamp in blackish violet, dated 'MR 16 94'. One shortish perforation mentioned for accuracy.

A most attractive and extremely scarce stamp to find used.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £750.

The main post office of Niger Coast Protectorate was established at Old Calabar in November 1891. Initially, British postage stamps were used. In July 1892, they were overprinted with "BRITISH / PROTECTORATE / OIL / RIVERS". A pressing need for half penny values in mid-1893 resulted in a variety of surcharges on 2d and 2½​d stamps.

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A fine mint example with large part original gum. A couple of fractionally short perforations, mentioned purely for accuracy and do not detract from overall quality.

Accompanied with a British Philatelic Association (BPA) certificate of authenticity (1981).

The main post office of Niger Coast Protectorate was established at Old Calabar in November 1891. Initially, British postage stamps were used. In July 1892, they were overprinted with "BRITISH / PROTECTORATE / OIL / RIVERS". A pressing need for half penny values in mid-1893 resulted in a variety of surcharges on 2d and 2½​d stamps.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £450.

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A fresh and fine mint example with original gum.

The main post office of Niger Coast Protectorate was established at Old Calabar in November 1891. Initially, British postage stamps were used. In July 1892, they were overprinted with "BRITISH / PROTECTORATE / OIL / RIVERS". A pressing need for half penny values in mid-1893 resulted in a variety of surcharges on 2d and 2½​d stamps.

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A fine mint example with original gum.

A rare King Edward VII stamp as only 720 were issued.

From 16 February 1906, Lagos became part of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate which then itself became part of modern Nigeria in 1914.

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On reverse, Bonny River transit circular date stamp (NO 4) and Kings Lynn arrival circular date stamp (DE 15).

A fine quality cover and despite minor cover creasing it remains very attractive and rare.

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A brilliant mint example with large part original gum.

From 1894, North Borneo was responsible for issuing some of the most attractive and innovative pictorial stamps of the late 19th century.

A scarce and attractive pictorial stamp.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £140.

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A fine used strip of three, cancelled to order with neat part ovals of bars. Left stamp with thin, but still a very fine quality piece. Most importantly, the error catalogued at £650 as a single, is in fine condition.

These North Borneo stamps were issued with colour change and overprinted "LABUAN".

Very scarce and desirable in this se-tenant form. A highly visual piece with a most remarkable overprint error.

Royal Philatelic Society certificate No. 19,126 (not present).

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £710+.

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A very fresh and fine mint example with traces of gum. Some trimmed perforations, but remains very attractive.

The first stamp issue from Labuan with a striking engraved design of Queen Victoria and with inscriptions in three languages (English, Arabic and Chinese).

A rare specimen example, which was used solely by postal administrations as reference to help detect any attempted forgeries.

Provenance: Ex Marcus Samuel.

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Brilliant quality, unmounted mint with full original gum.

Attractive and very fine pictorial stamps. The 4c depicts Mount Kinabalu and the 8c a typical Borneo scene.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £260+.

Japanese forces first landed in North Borneo on 15 December 1941. By 19 January 1942, the whole of North Borneo had been occupied. Brunei, North Borneo, Sarawak and, after a short period, Labuan, were administered as a single territory by the Japanese.

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A very fine block of 4, fresh and unmounted mint with full original gum. Stunning quality!

An extremely scarce multiple in this condition.

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A splendid quality unmounted mint positional block with full original gum. The gum is typically patchy as often seen and one perforation pulled. Overall a fine and fresh multiple.

A rare pictorial stamp as a positional multiple depicting the Sultan of Sulu, his staff and William Clark Cowie, a Scottish engineer, mariner, and businessman who helped establish British North Borneo and was Chairman of the British North Borneo Company.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £600+.

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A fine mint example with original gum.

A scarce stamp in such fine condition and an attractive pictorial design featuring the native Cervus deer.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £110.

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Despite small faults (respectively short perforations and a thin spot), still a good quality used pair of three scarce Postage Dues errors from North Borneo.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £195.

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A very fine unmounted mint block with full original gum. One stamp with faint trace of a gum tone, which is mentioned purely for accuracy and immaterial to overall quality.

A scarce stamp as a multiple.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £440+.

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